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Emirates: global economic crisis forces deployment A380 rethink

27-Mar-2009

The A380 has only been with Emirates’ fleet for barely half a year, but the global economic downturn has now forced the carrier to adjust the deployment plan for its 489-seat superjumbo. Emirates has decided to pull the A380 from Dubai-New York JFK operations, (the launch route for the type with Emirates), due to a slowdown in passenger traffic, despite the city being a key market and notorious for capacity constraints, which the aircraft was supposed to combat. [1909 words]

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Subheadings:

A380 reliability concerns

A380 pull-back indicative of shifting traffic patterns

Toronto A380 service not enough: Emirates pushes for more capacity into Canada

Drawdown in China, but strong on India

Cargo unit to maintain double digit growth

Pushing Dubai as a tourist destination to counter downturn

Preparing for the best, hoping for the worst?

Graphs and data:

Emirates A380 tentative delivery schedule

Emirates Airbus orders

A380 seating layouts: Competing carriers

Worldwide airline industry RPKs and FTKs:
Aug-2007 to Jan-2009

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